How the Protein Environment Can Tune the Energy, the Coupling, and the Ultrafast Dynamics of Interacting Chlorophylls: The Example of the Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein
Elisa Fresch, Elena Meneghin, Alessandro Agostini, Harald Paulsen, Donatella Carbonera, Elisabetta Collini
Abstract
strongly affects the exciton energy and the dynamics of the system, opening up the possibility of tuning the photophysics and the transport properties of multichromophores by engineering specific interactions with the surroundings.
Topics & Concepts
Chemical physicsChlorophyllUltrashort pulseChlorophyll aChemistryPhotochemistryMolecular dynamicsProtein dynamicsCoupling (piping)ExcitonBiophysicsPhotosynthesisDynamics (music)Biological systemBiologyPhysicsComputational chemistryMaterials scienceBiochemistryOpticsOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsLaserAcousticsMetallurgyPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research